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FILE - Musician and author Kinky Friedman smokes a cigar at his ranch near Medina, Texas, Friday, Jan. 21, 2005. Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio. He was 79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)